A discontinuous dynamic recrystallization model incorporating characteristics of initial microstructure

In order to describe and predict the kinetic process of discontinuous dynamic recrystallization (DDRX) during hot working for metals with low to medium stacking fault energies quantitatively, a new physically-based model was proposed by considering the characteristics of grain size distribution, capillary effect of initial grain boundaries (GBs) and continuous consumption of GBs. Using Incoloy 028 alloy as a model system, experiments aiming to provide kinetic data (e.g., the size and volume fraction of recrystallized grain) and the associated microstructure were performed. Good agreement is obtained between model predictions and experimental results, regarding flow stress, recrystallized fraction and grain size evolution. On this basis, a thermo-kinetic relationship upon the growth of recrystallized grain was elucidated, i.e., with increasing thermodynamic driving force, the activation energy barrier decreases.